PoE 2 (28 February 2020)
Aristotle Kant, Can you? Reason is a very important faculty that humans have. Everyone thinks that reason is important In any philosophical community, that reason is the best tool to make sense of the universe. Moral theories talk about reason. Hume How reason is utilised in moral thinking. Many moral, ethical codes. How do we come to the norms? Say dowry. No societal norm should force you to do that. Why is inconvenience a bad thing? Why is murder wrong? It takes the life of another human being. Death is the ultimate harm. In what sense, is death a harm? Reason, feeling, sentiment? Cultural relativism Morality is relative to a person or a community. We share the view MNoralisty is relative to cultures Depending upon your cultures you would say culture murder is wrong, murder is right. Memdership of your uclture